Unit 1: Novel Study: Things Fall Apart, Parts 2–3

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  1. refuge
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  2. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  3. coiffure
    the arrangement of the hair
  4. mirth
    great merriment
  5. abomination
    an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence
  6. evangelist
    a preacher of the Christian gospel
  7. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  8. congregation
    an assemblage of people or things collected together
  9. perturbed
    thrown into a state of agitated confusion
  10. irreparable
    impossible to rectify or amend
  11. amends
    something done or paid to make up for a wrong
  12. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  13. buoyant
    characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
  14. akin
    similar in quality or character
  15. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  16. bereaved
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  17. substantial
    fairly large
  18. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  19. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  20. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  21. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  22. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  23. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
  24. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  25. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
Created on Wed Dec 02 15:03:03 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 10 11:31:03 EST 2020)

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